Monday, September 22, 2014

Urgent... urgent... emergency transfers! Like the song... Get it? ‏

So much has happened
this week! We will just start with the biggest change. I am in Myrtle Beach. I
got emergency transferred here on Saturday. My new companion is Sister
Stolworthy. She seriously is so awesome. Sister Orr flew home with her mom
Saturday. They closed Gaston down for sisters.

Sister Orr and I went adventuring and found

some lakes so she could "practice sitting"

for the plane ride. I love her!!

Fwew... !! Now that we
got that all out, I will explain more. We went to the doctor on Tuesday and he
said she has a bulging disc most likely. So he gave her some super strong pain
killers. We went and found President and Sister Turner at the Irmo chapel because
it was transfers. We talked to them about the whole situation. We went home and
Sister Orr took her pain medicine and she was pretty much out of it. Many, many
phone calls later and we are to Thursday. President called us and told us that
Sister Orr would be going home and I would be going to Myrtle Beach. We needed
to be ready to go the next day at dinner time, thus commenced the hustle and
bustle of packing/ closing down our trailer. I was really disheartened to leave
Gaston. I loved it there so much! Myrtle Beach is great so far, though!

Welcomed to Myrtle Beach by a giant double rainbow!

Some different people
came over to help us get things done. I dropped Sister Orr off at the mission
home Friday night. We had dinner with her mom and the APs and President and
Sister Turner. I stayed the night with some other sisters and the APs took me
to Florence the next day. I went to lunch by myself with 5 elders. That was...
a new experience. The drive was about an hour and a half. That was also a new
experience to be by myself with two guys- let alone two elders! I'm going to be
so awkward when I get home... I feel so awkward now!

Me and Sister Stolworthy. She is from Las Vegas.

So, that pretty much
brings us to today. We live with two other sisters in a pretty nice apartment.
I love Sister Stolworthy. It feels like we were friends before the mission. I
know this is where I need to be right now with who I need to be with. As I
thought about leaving Gaston and Sister Orr, the sadness turned into peace. I
miss Sister Orr, and I hope she gets to come back soon. I am excited to be with
Sister Stolworthy. And I'm excited to be back by the beach again. I love the
ocean. :)

We saw a less-active
member. The spirit was so strong. We talked with her about her infinite worth
and centering our lives on Jesus Christ. She is coming to the women’s'
broadcast this Saturday. Y'all should go, too! It's going to be great!

Well... That's pretty
much the week I've had in a nutshell. It's been crazy, but it's kept me on my
toes.